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Arts and culture

Unit 1

Vocabulary 1 arts

1. Study the information in the box and do the following exercise.

Use of the definite article

When we refer to a performing art in general, we can leave out the article.

E.g. Are you interested in (the) cinema/ballet/opera/theatre?

But: Would you like to come to the cinema/ballet/opera/theatre with us next week? (Particular occasion)

Definite article or not? Fill the gap with the if necessary.

  1. The government doesn't give enough money to …… arts.

  2. She's got a diploma in …… dance from the Performing Arts Academy.

  3. I've got some tickets for …… ballet. Interested ?

  4. …… art of writing a short story is to interest the reader from the very first line.

  5. I can't stand …… modern poetry; it's so pretentious.

  6. I was no good at …… art at school. What about you?

2. Each one of these sentences contains a mistake of usage of words connected with the arts. Find the mistake and correct it. You may need a dictionary.

Example: The scene at this theatre projects right out into the audience. not 'scene' but 'stage’ (the place where the actors perform)

  1. What's the name of the editorial of that book you recommended? Was it Cambridge University Press?

  2. 'I wandered lonely as a cloud' is my favourite verse of English poetry.'

  3. He's a very famous sculpture; he did that statue in the park, you know, the one with the soldiers.

  4. Most of the novels in this collection are only five or six pages long. They're great for reading on short journeys.

  5. There's an exposition of ceramic at the museum next week.

  6. The sceneries are excellent in that new production of Macbeth, so dark and mysterious.

  7. What's in the Opera House next week? Anything interesting?

3. Complete the chart by adding words from the list given below it. Some may go in more. There is an additional column for you in case you have another group of words.

literature

music

theatre

cinema

art

sculpture

chapter

script

act

comedy

CD

concert

singer

microphone

short story

premiere

screenplay

scenery

stage

lighting

auditorium

performance

encore

sound-track

drama

rehearsal

scene

picture

play

trailer

magazine

opera

audience

exhibition

musical

first night

landscape

novel

canvas

role

character

biography

subtitles

horror

illustration

set

screen

edition

love story

cast

thriller

brush

programme

matinée

poetry

musician

science fiction

orchestra

western

costume

watercolour

volume

pop

tragedy

plot

This chart can be used as a word bank on Arts and Culture. Add new words to the columns while studying the Unit and revise those which are there.

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